A List Of Requirements For My Ideal Man

There’s a wonderful exchange in The Lady Eve where Henry Fonda asks Barbara Stanwyck what her ideal man would look like, and she replies:

“I guess we all have ideals. Mine is a little short guy with lots of money.”
‘Why short?” Henry Fonda replies.
“What does it matter if he’s rich? He’ll look up to me. And when he takes me out to dinner he’ll never add up the check and he won’t smoke greasy cigars or use grease on his hair. And he won’t do card tricks.”
“I shouldn’t think that kind of ideal would be so difficult to find.”
“He isn’t, that’s why he’s my ideal. What’s the point of having an ideal if it’s hard to find? Mine is a practical idea you can find two or three of in every barber shop getting the works.”
“Then why don’t you marry one of them?”
“Why would I want to marry a guy who looked like that? When I marry, I won’t know what he looks like or where he comes from or what he’ll be.”

The Lady Eve was made in 1941, but I guess we still play the, “What’s your ideal look like?” game. There’s a list over at XOJane of one writer’s ideal man. I supposed it would be fun to come up with my own, though I’m not going to be as practical about it as Barbara Stanwyck. Here’s what I’ve got so far, and you can share your own:[ITPGallery]